DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/04 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 45.6 - - 48.5 - - 39.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 91 - - 9 - - 7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 919 - - 1544 - - 586 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 919 - - 919 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1808 - - 2433 - - 1475 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 686 - - 775 - - 468 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 181 - - 107 - - 67 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 109 - - 077 - - 078 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 4 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -249 - - 428 - - 263 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2057 - - 2005 - - 1213 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8955 - - -354 - - -10920 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10763 - - 2787 - - 12395 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 110 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 45.6 - - 48.5 - - 39.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.1 - - 43.2 - - 37.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 44.9 - - 48.4 - - 39.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.1 - - 42.4 - - 37.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 91 - - 9 - - 7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 919 - - 1544 - - 586 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 5 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96174 26 268 28 262 29 266 96174 88973 26 254 31 247 35 265 88973 83429 32 260 39 273 46 277 83429 78861 32 243 39 263 34 254 78861 74896 30 260 33 263 38 286 74896 71395 48 279 54 285 55 289 71395 68266 51 277 58 280 54 283 68266 65394 51 275 51 276 48 284 65394 62704 53 274 51 276 53 283 62704 60073 54 274 56 276 61 277 60073 57308 57 274 61 276 66 272 57308 54414 66 275 68 276 70 272 54414 51631 77 278 75 275 73 273 51631 49116 83 276 81 273 77 274 49116 46873 82 272 81 271 78 273 46873 44856 77 270 77 269 77 271 44856 43033 77 262 78 263 75 266 43033 41379 80 250 75 249 70 257 41379 39865 74 246 70 258 68 254 39865 38448 69 252 78 265 76 249 38448 37108 72 260 82 260 78 244 37108 35808 76 262 78 257 75 242 35808 34486 85 267 75 260 74 239 34486 33113 90 262 73 261 74 238 33113 31692 87 265 75 260 74 239 31692 30208 85 272 71 257 75 239 30208 28647 73 269 63 256 73 238 28647 27007 60 262 59 257 68 241 27007 25285 54 257 55 258 64 245 25285 23484 44 256 44 262 57 250 23484 21609 34 256 38 261 40 251 21609 19659 29 260 28 256 35 237 19659 17631 24 263 22 256 23 243 17631 15563 23 255 23 258 21 243 15563 13561 22 252 19 253 23 225 13561 11732 18 257 15 225 30 229 11732 10104 11 230 19 218 29 238 10104 8662 11 222 21 227 22 231 8662 7383 8 219 19 227 18 226 7383 6246 9 165 16 224 13 226 6246 5242 11 156 13 226 8 197 5242 4362 12 148 9 220 7 184 4362 3590 11 154 6 174 7 189 3590 2905 10 160 5*084 6 159 2905 2307 10 139 6*074 10 113 2307 1814 8*125 7 076 11*087 1814 1438 5*110 7 077 10*080 1438 1181 5 108 6 078 9 078 1181 1025 5 108 6 079 8 078 1025 935 4 108 5 080 6 076 935 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography